George Watkins: Salinas Valley Hall update

2:47 AM,
May 11, 2013

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The Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame is still a work in progress, but another hurdle was cleared this week when the text and photos that will be part of the individual plaques of the 22 inductees was shipped off to the assembly line in Pittsburgh, PA.

Actually, the text of all 22 were sent but we're still missing one photo, and it is the one photo that might be the most intriguing of all.

We're lacking a picture of Eddie King, whose triumph and tragedy in some ways is similar to that of James Dean. They both lived fast and died young. ...